In Goodnight Sweet Mother, Maggie OβDell and her motherβs road trip takes a chilling and an unexpected detour.
A Breath of Hot Air puts Maggieβs forensic skills to work. While in Pensacola, Florida, for another investigation sheβs awakened in the middle of the night when a man is found dead in the same hotel.
Cold Metal Night brings Maggie back together with Nick Morrelli (A Perfect Evil) to chase a cold-blooded killer whoβs targeting homeless people.
Electric Blue drops Maggie and her partner, R.J. Tully, into a dangerous storm on the Gulf of Mexico to help track a United States senatorβs family that has gone missing.
And finally, in After Dark, corporate executive, Madeline Kramer hopes to escape for a much needed vacation. All she wants is the quiet and solitude the cabin in the woods promises. Be careful what you ask for.
Also included: A list of where these Maggie OβDell short works fit chronologically in the series. Although they can be read and enjoyed individually, some were meant to be companion pieces to various novels in the series.
***NOTE: All of these short works have been previously published in separate anthologies or as a larger ebook. This is the first time they are being offered all together in one collection.
PRAISE FOR ALEX KAVA:
βAlex Kava is a master. Her heroine, Special Agent Maggie OβDell is one of the classic characters of the thriller genre.β β Steve Berry, New York Times bestselling author
βKavaβs short scenes with cliffhanger endings are spot on.β β The Boston Globe
βMaggie, who handles forensic evidence with ease can give Patricia Cornwellβs Kay Scarpetta a run for her money.β β Booklist
"OβDell could be Reacherβs long-lost twin." β Lee Child, New York Times bestselling author
βTwisted plots, shocking characters, breakneck pacing. Guaranteed to keep you up all night.β β Lisa Gardner, New York Times bestselling author
βTension, suspense, masterful twists . . . Alex Kavaβs writing has it all.β -- Crimespace
βA pro, Kava writes as coolly and adroitly as O'Dell profiles. Supremely paced.β β The Lincoln Journal Star
βThe writing is taut and polished, and the plot is well-woven. The forensic background is meticulously researched.β -- Crime Fiction Lover (UK)
ALEX KAVA is a New York Times, USA Today and Amazon bestselling author of twenty-one novels including the award-winning FBI Profiler Maggie OβDell series and the critically acclaimed and now award-winning Ryder Creed K-9 Mystery series. LOST CREED won the 2019 Nebraska Book Award. Her novel Stranded was awarded both a Florida Book Award and the Nebraska Book Award. One False Move was chosen for the 2006 One Book One Nebraska and her political thriller, Whitewash, was one of January Magazineβs best thrillers of the year. Published in over thirty-four countries, Kavaβs novels have made the bestseller lists in the UK, Australia, Germany, Japan, Italy, and Poland.
"A TRAILBLAZER IN THE K-9 FICTION GENRE, Kava creates a βdynamic between Ryder and his canines that reveals a world rarely shared in fiction and perhaps nowhere presented more effectively than in this series.β βPhil Jason, Florida Weekly
"It's impossible not to care about and root for the human and canine heroes in Kava's series." βTracie Holtcher, The Radio Pet Lady Network β’
She is a member of the Nebraska Writers Guild and is a founding member of International Thriller Writers. Kava divides her time between Omaha, Nebraska and Pensacola, Florida with her pack of of westies.